Catherine Sailer Mozart in Vienna festival concert With an opening premiere written by Kevin Padworski JUNE 2019 Salzburg & Vienna Individual & Festival Concerts Prague and Budapest extension options www.kiconcerts.com
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Dear Friends In 2017 I was honored to be joined by fine singers from Colorado for a KIconcerts festival in Italy. After this great experience, I am now pleased to invite you to consider joining the Mozart in Vienna Festival being staged in Vienna mid June 2019. There are opportunities to sing in Salzburg, the city of Mozart s birth, before combining as the Festival Chorus in Vienna, a city that has embraced the world s best musical talents over the ages. This city of magnificent grandeur will host our Gala Concert featuring our individual choirs as well as the Festival Chorus singing Mozart and a world premiere of an festival opening piece being written by Kevin Padworski. I will again look to arrange pre tour rehearsals for those able to attend so we can enjoy more of our time in Europe and welcome your interest in joining us to sing in the center of Europe. Catherine Sailer Artistic Director & Conductor Mozart in Vienna Festival Concert with Catherine Sailer Page 3
LEADER CATHERINE SAILER, D.M. Catherine Sailer, Director of Choral Studies at the University of Denver, conducts the Lamont Chorale, Lamont Women s Chorus and the Evans Choir. She is also the Associate Conductor of the Colorado Ballet Orchestra. She was named the winner of the Robert Shaw Fellowship in 2005, chosen by Chorus America and supported by Warner Brothers and the National Endowment for the Arts. Sailer won first place at the American Choral Directors Association Conducting Competition. Catherine Sailer has collaborated as conductor or chorus master with singers William Warfield, Marilyn Horne and Josh Groban, and conductors Bramwell Tovey, Ed Spanjaard, Eric Whitacre, Victor Yampolsky, Marius Szmolij, Stephen Alltop, David Amram, Tan Dun, David Fanshawe and Marin Alsop, and prepared choruses for performances with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Colorado Symphony Orchestra and Cheyenne Symphony Orchestra. Other conducting Credits include the Atlanta Symphony Chorus and Orchestra, the Northeastern Pennsylvania Philharmonic, Santa Fe Symphony Orchestra, Beijing Symphony Orchestra, the National Opera of China, the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music Orchestra and Central City Opera. Sailer has been a conducting fellow with the Dale Warland Singers, the Kansas City Chorale, the Chicago Symphony Chorus, the Carnegie Hall Workshop Chorus and the Orchestra of St. Luke s. Catherine Sailer received the doctor of music with honors in conducting from Northwestern University and the bachelor and master of music degrees in piano performance and conducting from the University of Denver. Further studies were with Helmuth Rilling at the Oregon Bach Festival and Leonard Slatkin at the National Conducting Institute with the National Symphony Orchestra. Prior appointments have been as Music Director of The Musica Sacra Chamber Orchestra, and Associate Conductor of the Cheyenne Symphony Orchestra and the Denver Young Artists Orchestra. She is an active guest and festival conductor for choir and orchestra and her collegiate ensembles have appeared at Colorado Music Educator s Association and Southwest divisional conferences of the American Choral Directors Association. Sailer also gives conducting masterclasses for the Sing a Mile High Choir Festival and has presented sessions for CMEA and ACDA. She is currently President-elect for ACDA, and was selected by ACDA to represent the Southwest division on the International Choral Exchange Program to Shanghai, China. Page 4
PROGRAM MONDAY, JUNE 17 Depart Denver TUESDAY, JUNE 18 SALZBURG & VIENNA Arrive in Munich Meet KIconcerts tour manager Transfer to Salzburg Introduction to Salzburg Check into hotel Dinner nightly Overnight Salzburg WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19 Breakfast daily Sightseeing tour of Salzburg including a visit to Mozart s Birthplace and seeing some of the Sound of Music sites Optional individual concerts (tbd) Overnight Salzburg Mozart in Vienna Festival Concert with Catherine Sailer Page 5
PROGRAM THURSDAY, JUNE 20 Transfer to Vienna Festival Chorus rehearsal Check in Festival welcome dinner Overnight Vienna FRIDAY, JUNE 21 Festival Chorus rehearsal Guided city tour of Vienna passing Ring Avenue, the Hofburg Palace, the Opera House, St. Stephen s Cathedral, Mozart s Figaro House, City Hall and the Central Cemetery (housing honorary tombs of famous composers including Beethoven, Gluck, Schubert, Johann Strauss - father and son, Lanner and Brahms) Optional individual concerts (tbd) Overnight Vienna Page 6
PROGRAM SATURDAY, JUNE 22 Dress rehearsal Tour Schönbrunn Palace Festival Gala Concert - individual and combined performances Overnight Vienna SUNDAY, JUNE 23 Transfer to airport and travel back home OR continue onto Prague or Budapest ** Itinerary subject to change. ** Confirmation of performances is dependent upon early receipt of performance information: biographies, pictures, recordings and repertoire Mozart in Vienna Festival Concert with Catherine Sailer Page 7
PROGRAM PRAGUE EXTENSION OPTION SUNDAY, JUNE 23 Transfer to Prague Check in MONDAY, JUNE 24 Visit St. Vitus Cathedral and see the Prague Castle Time to explore Prague for individual sightseeing and shopping Night time tour of Prague including the Old Town Square with Prague s Astronomical Clock and Charles Bridge Overnight Prague Optional individual concerts (tbd) Overnight Prague TUESDAY, JUNE 25 Transfer to airport and travel back home ** Itinerary subject to change. ** Confirmation of performances is dependent upon early receipt of performance information: biographies, pictures, recordings and repertoire Page 8
SUNDAY, JUNE 23 BUDAPEST EXTENSION OPTION PROGRAM Transfer to Budapest Tour Budapest: see Buda and Pest, the two halves of the city, the Buda Castle, the Fisherman s Bastion, the Hungarian Parliament and Heroes Square Check in Overnight Budapest MONDAY, JUNE 24 Continue to tour Budapest Free time to explore this fascinating European city once the seat of the Austro-Hungarian empire Optional individual concerts (tbd) Overnight Budapest TUESDAY, JUNE 25 Transfer to airport and travel back home ** Itinerary subject to change. ** Confirmation of performances is dependent upon early receipt of performance information: biographies, pictures, recordings and repertoire Mozart in Vienna Festival Concert with Catherine Sailer Page 9
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